Two days after the worst break-up of her life, a council registrar has to officiate a wedding. A wedding unlike any she's ever been to.
An original short story for radio by Charlotte Runcie, author of Salt on Your Tongue: Women and the Sea, and of a new novel, Bring the House Down.
Writer: Charlotte Runcie Reader: Bettrys Jones Producer: Mair Bosworth
A BBC Audio Bristol production for BBC Radio 4
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1:03.0 | The blue circle hovered above his parents' house. |
1:07.0 | Ollie was still sharing his location with me. |
1:15.4 | As I watched the screen, the circle, with his initial O in the middle of it, moved a millimeter to the left. I wondered if that meant he was moving too, turning over in the |
1:22.5 | dawn light, like I was, feeling the empty side of the bed with an open palm, staring into the phone |
1:29.4 | in his other hand. Or if the shift of the dot was just a minuscule glitch of technology, |
1:35.6 | and the real Olly hadn't moved at all. It was Saturday, two hours until I had to be at work. |
1:46.4 | Being a council registrar often means working weekends. |
1:50.0 | Everyone wants to get married on a Saturday. |
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